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Welcome to Dusty ...

Dusty is located in Whitman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dusty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Dusty is 1,670 feet [509 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dusty lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Dusty: 509

Communities Also Named Dusty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dusty - it's located in New Mexico.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dusty.

Communities near Dusty ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dusty.

  • Colfax
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Albion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Saint John
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • LaCrosse
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Endicott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Almota
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Almota is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almota
  • Gould City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Gould City is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould City
  • Mayview
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mayview is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
  • Shawnee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Shawnee is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Glenwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenwood is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dusty. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dusty.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dusty. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dusty.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dusty. See our Newspapers Page for Dusty.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dusty ...

Looking for more information about Dusty? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dusty, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dusty.

Adding Dusty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dusty in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dusty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dusty post office opened in 1899. The Dusty post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dusty.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whitman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dusty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/